T.C.

OKAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CE 101-INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING
Instructors:
Group 1 - Assistant Prof. Dr. A. Pelin Grgn
Group 2 - Assistant Prof. Dr. Tolga zer
Assistant Prof. Dr. Onur Akay

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A People Serving Profession

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Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that

deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the
physical and naturally built environment, including works such as:

Bridges

Roads

Canals

Dams and

Buildings
Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after
military engineering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Civil engineering focuses on the infrastructure of the world:
Water works
Sewers
Dams and Power Plants
Transmission Towers/Lines
Railroads and Highways
Bridges and Tunnels
Irrigation Canals, River Navigation and Shipping Canals
Traffic Control and Mass Transit,
Airport Runways
Terminals
Industrial Plant Buildings
Skyscrapers, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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The earliest practices of civil engineering may have

commenced between 4000 and 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia when humans started to abandon a nomadic
existence, thus causing a need for the construction of shelter.
In the 18th century, the term civil engineering was coined to
incorporate all things civilian as opposed to from military
engineering.
The first self-proclaimed civil engineer was
John Smeaton who constructed the
Eddystone Lighthouse in 1771

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering
Leas Chemistry of Cement and Concrete, Fourth Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann; Fourth Edition, 2004, Peter Hewlett

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Planning
Design
Construction
Operation/Maintenance
Rehabilitation

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SUB-DISCIPLINES
Construction
Geotechnical
Hydraulics
Materials

Civil Engineers

Structural
Transportation
Environmental/ Water Quality

Environmental Engineers

Surveying

Geomatic Engineers

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Construction Engineering
Construction engineering involves planning and execution of the designs
from transportation, site development, hydraulic, environmental,
structural and geotechnical engineers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering is an area of civil engineering concerned
with the rock and soil that civil engineering systems are supported by.

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Geotechnical Engineering
One of the most famous examples of problems related to soil-bearing
capacity is the Leaning Tower of Pisa which was built in 18th century.

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Hydraulic Engineering/Water Resources
Hydraulic engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering
concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water.
This area of engineering is intimately related to the design of bridges,
dams, channels, canals, levees, elevators, and to both sanitary and
environmental engineering.
Water resources engineering is concerned with the collection and
management of water (as a natural resource).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Hydraulic Engineering/Water Resources

Ataturk Dam

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Hydraulic Engineering/Water Resources

Karakaya Dam
Irrigation canal

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Hydraulic Engineering/Water Resources

Karakaya Dam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Materials Engineering

Design, analyze, and construct materials such as:

Steel
Concrete
Masonry
Asphalt
Composites

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Materials Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering: W.D. Callister, Jr. and D.G. Rethwisch, 8th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2010).

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Materials Engineering

Reinforcing steel
Mamlouk/Zaniewski, Materials for
Civil and Construction Engineers,
Third Edition. Copyright 2011
Pearson Education, Inc.

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Materials Engineering

Testing of hardened
concrete

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Materials Engineering

Fiber reinforced concrete

Testing of hardened
concrete

Flexible FRP rebars

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Materials Engineering

Testing of hardened
concrete

Aggregate mining

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Structural Engineering
Structural engineering is concerned with the structural design and
structural analysis of buildings, bridges, towers, flyovers, tunnels, off
shore structures like oil and gas fields in the sea, and other
structures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Structural Engineering

Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest

building, in Dubai

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Structural Engineering

Testing base-isolated (right)

and regular (left) building
model

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Structural Engineering

Testing base-isolated (right)

and regular (left) building
model

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Transportation Engineering

Transportation engineering is concerned with moving people and

goods efficiently, safely, and in a manner conducive to a vibrant
community. This involves specifying, designing, constructing, and
maintaining transportation infrastructure which includes streets,
canals, highways, rail systems, airports, ports, and mass transit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Transportation Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

Toprakkale-skenderun Highway

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Transportation Engineering

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Transportation Engineering

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Environmental Engineering / Water Quality
Environmental engineering deals with the treatment of chemical,
biological, and/or thermal waste, the purification of water and air,
and the remediation of contaminated sites, due to prior waste
disposal or accidental contamination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Environmental Engineering / Water Quality

Las Cruces Wastewater Treatment Facility. Grand Conceptor Award Winner

Photo Design by R. Clark and D. Archuleta - Photo by John Yost
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Environmental Engineering / Water Quality

A filter bed, a part of sewage treatment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Surveying

Surveying is the process by which a surveyor measures certain

dimensions that generally occur on the surface of the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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Surveying

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